Thanks for the smoke Oregon and California!

 It seems like smokey summers are becoming a thing. Thanks to the forest fires in the west, summer months are now plagued with smoke filled skies. With covid and other word wide disasters, it's like the end of life as we know it. 

Sunday July 25th, I met a dozen or so hang glider pilots (and one paraglider) at Randolph. The smoke was forecast so it wasn't a surprise to be greeted by thick, visually obstructive gunk! As smokey as it was it turned out to be quite a nice soaring day. I was able to stay airborne over two hours with altitude gains up to 13,000 asl. Thats 5500 over launch.